Collar for sweaters



Oct. 10, 1950 L. c. LERNER 2,525,692

coma FOR SWEATERS Filed Feb. 11, 1947 2 Sheets-Shet 1 Fig.1. 5

Inventor Louis C. Lerner Oct. 10, 1950 L. c. LERNER 2,525,692

COLLAR FOR SWEATERS 7 Filed Feb. 11, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EIIEIJEIIEIIIEIIEIIEI i -1,

Inventor Louis C. Lerner WWW 7 mm Patented Oct. 10, 1950 2,525,692 COLLAR FQR. SWEATERS Louis C. Lerner, New Haven, Cnn., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Louis Lerner, New Haven, Conn., and Abraham Lerner, Great Neck, N. Y.

Application February 11, 1947, Serial No. 727,857

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in sweaters or similar garments and more particularly to a knitted collar for the garment constructed to present a square appearance.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a knitted collar for sweaters constructed from rectangular strips of material secured to the neck line of a sweater and shaping the neck to present a square appearance by forming tucks at the corners of the neck.

A further object of the invention is to provide a square neck for sweaters including a front and side portion of a single knitted strip of material and connecting the rear edges of the side portions by a back section of similar material.

A still further object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost and whichotherwise is well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the 'de-. tails of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a slip-on type sweater provided with a neck constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view of a coat sweater with the neck secured thereto;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the neck;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the strip of knitted fabric forming the front and sides of the neck;

Figure 5 is a similar view of the back section of the neck;

2 Claims. (01.2-90) ment Q may comprise a. slip-over type sweater while in Figure 2 the garment it) may comprise a coat type sweater, both of said types of garments being provided with the square neck line.

The material ii forming the front and sides of the neck of the garment is folded inwardly as shown at i l at the corners it of the square neck line and sewed as at it at the inside of the neck to provide tucks I l. The seam 15 at the outer surface of the tucks extends from the corner 12 of the neck line of the sweater toward the center of the neck to form a square neck opening H3 at the inner edges of the collar.

The rear edge of the collar is closed by a second rectangular strip of knitted fabric ll which is of a width substantially narrow with respect to the strip 5, the ends of the back strip it being secured to the rear edges of the side portions 18 of the-collar and the lower longitudinal edgeof the strip it is sewed to the rear edge ill of the neck line of the sweater.

The ribs 26 of the strip ll likewise extend transversely thereof and when the neck is secured in position to the garment the ribs all extend inwardly from the neck line of the garment to the neck opening it of the collar.

In applying the neck to the coat type sweater iii the front section 2B of the neck is split in line with the edges of the front opening of the garment, the edges of the opening overlapping and the outer edge provided with a reinforcing strip 2! formed with buttonholes 22 to receive buttons 23 carried by the inner edge of the opening. Otherwise the necks for the two types of garments are constructed and secured to the garment in a similar manner.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it Figure 6 is a perspective view of the front and sides of the neck showing the tucks arranged to form the square neck, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 'l1 of Figure 6.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a rectangular strip of knitted ribbed material having the spaced parallel ribs 6 extending transversely of the strip, one longitudinal edge of the strip being sewed to the front 11 and sides 3 of a square neck line of a garment 9, such as a sweater or the like,

As shown in Figure l ofthe drawings the garis believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: V

1. A collar for garments having a square neck line, said collar comprising a front section and a rear section both of rectangular shape, said front section being adapted to be secured by sewing along one longitudinal edge to the front and sides of a neck line, tucks formed in said front section at the front corners of the neck line and extending toward the center of the neck, and said rear section adapted to be secured by sewing along one longitudinal edge to the rear edge of the neck line and, the ends of the rear section being adapted to be secured to rear portions of the sides of the neck line, and portions of the front edge of the rear portion being sewn to the rear edges of the portions of the front section which are adapted to be secured to the sides of the neck line.

2. A collar for garments having a square neck line, said collar comprising a front section and a rear section both of rectangular shape and of knitted ribbed material, said rear section being substantially one-quarter the length of the front section and of less width than said front section said front section being adapted to be secured by sewing along one longitudinal edge to the front and sides of a neck line, tucks formed in said front section at the front corners of the L neck line and extending toward the center of the neck, and said rear section adapted to be secured by sewing along one longitudinal edge to the rear edge of the neck line, the ends of the rear section being adapted to be secured to rear portions of the sides of the neck line, and portions of the front edge of the rear portion being sewn to the rear edges of the portions of the front section which are adapted to be secured to the sides of the neck line.

LOUIS C. LERNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 528,536 Feidenheimer Nov. 6, 1894 1,33%,345 Du Bose Jan. 2'7, 1925 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 23,015 Great Britain of 1897 

